"dark under the stars when it was fearless"? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Olorin_TLA · 04-27-2004, 04:49 AM

Perhasp, since Melkor HQ was way up North, Bombadil's gigantic forest was spared from his evil, and so it seemed safe? And then when he returend to Middle-earth it was as if he'd really, truely, made his presence known in that part fo the world for the first time?

Lalaith · 04-27-2004, 06:59 AM

Maybe. But it's funny, he talks about the first acorn and the first raindrop, but the other events he refers are mostly fairly recent in the scheme of things, from the end of the First Age onwards. And the Dark Lord he refers to, was it Morgoth or Sauron? The hobbits would naturally assume Sauron, they would not have heard of Morgoth at that point, and Bombadil would know that. So this made me wonder, is this fearless dark the period after Morgoth was cast down and before Sauron re-emerged as a force of evil?
Another possibility is the period where Morgoth was held captive in Valinor.

04-27-2004, 04:49 AM	#1
Olorin_TLA Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gardens of Lórien, Valinor. Posts: 420	Perhasp, since Melkor HQ was way up North, Bombadil's gigantic forest was spared from his evil, and so it seemed safe? And then when he returend to Middle-earth it was as if he'd really, truely, made his presence known in that part fo the world for the first time? __________________ "For I am Olórin! And Olórin means me!" ELENDIL! - Join "Forth Tolkiengas!"

04-27-2004, 06:59 AM	#2
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Maybe. But it's funny, he talks about the first acorn and the first raindrop, but the other events he refers are mostly fairly recent in the scheme of things, from the end of the First Age onwards. And the Dark Lord he refers to, was it Morgoth or Sauron? The hobbits would naturally assume Sauron, they would not have heard of Morgoth at that point, and Bombadil would know that. So this made me wonder, is this fearless dark the period after Morgoth was cast down and before Sauron re-emerged as a force of evil? Another possibility is the period where Morgoth was held captive in Valinor.